European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse 4 the stars and stripes july hostages Tell of ant Israel propaganda sought sympathy Tor 2 men say by the associated press the american Hijack hostages were continually fed ant israeli propaganda during their 17 Days As and they were awakened every two hours for several nights and shown films of lebanese suf two former hostages said the thrust of the indoctrination was Peter Hill said in that was the Root of the prob Lem in the eyes of the the indoctrination by the shiite mos lems who held the 39 americans in Beirut prompted some Antisemitic remarks on the part of the and some inappropriate sympathy for the who demanded that Israel free shiite said at a news conference in former hostage Bob Peel said he assumed that the sleep deprivation and the showing of the movies were they brought in films of babies being blown up the new Jersey shelling Homes and tried to develop some sort of sympathy for the devastation that their people have Peel i have empathy for the shiite prob he i have empathy for any family that has to live in a War zone and try to raise Hill said he believes some former hos tages were wrong in assuming that Mem Bers of the amal militia were More mod Erate than the hijackers who commandeered Twa flight 847 Over the Mediterranean june amal militia members later took command of the grounded Jet and the who were freed last you come up from the ground floor of the shiite movement and work your Way up to the amal Hill said during a taping of Kups show at he was particularly critical of former hostage Allyn who spoke on be half of the hostages during a news Confer ence in Syria immediately following their Hill said Conwell incorrectly believed the hijackers were completely divorced from the they were it appeared to me that he was really being won Over by the Hill said there was never a question in my mind that Allyn Conwell is a Fine i just Felt he was being taken in by their Peel said he Doest differentiate mor ally or legally Between the original Hijack ers and the amal militiamen who replaced the hijackers As guards after the initial Days of the anybody that was involved in it was guilty and violated International As far Asim he ten or 1s times the hostages could have overcome their captors and Peel no one attempted to flee because the hostages were in a shiite Village that stretched for five Miles in every direct he said they have known where to go if they did get the hijackers played russian Roulette with some of the but Peel said the Only thing they did to him was put two m16 rifles to his head and i remember asking if there was any thing else they wanted me to he there were humorous moments during the 17 Peel on the evening of the eighth the hostages were allowed to get their and one whose name Peel inadvertently picked up his wife he spent the next eight Days wearing her which made for a Little bit of he once a guard came into peels room looking he had lost his gun and wanted to know if any of us had seen Peel water dance a photo Robbie Woody seems to be fascinated by a dancing created by a photographer who used his magic on water Chain of suspended water the illusion was spurting from a Park Fountain in Del Home computer safes hit slump san Francisco a one out of 10 Home computers gathers and sales that doubled in one year during the computer craze Are continually says a marketing game playing is dying and Home banking and Bill paying by computer have been relatively a Success said Willam president of software a Market research firm in Mountain manufacturers advertised the computers As easy to that not computers Are hard to you have to learn a lot of things to use so there was a total unit sales of Home computers in 1985 Are projected at Down from million in 1984 and million in according to software in when the Home computer craze began to take units were in sales in the Early 80s when sales were really manufacturers were forecasting a hockey stick growth cog shall everybody thought the markets would go through the roof the forecasts were Overly the key mistake the forecasters and Ive made some bad was that they figured everyone would go out and buy software Ever time a new package was about 10 percent of the people who bought a Home computer say they hardly Ever use Coggshall people who run businesses out of their Homes and those who take their office work Home get the most from their Coggshall about 8 percent of All american Homes now have a com according to a Survey by software of the 90 percent of computer owners who say they use their 23 percent use them 16 percent use them four to five times a 26 percent use them two to three times a week and another 10 percent use them at least once a the most popular use is word taking 25 percent of All Home computing games Are played on Home computers 12 percent of the time and personal finance programs Are used 5 percent of the about 7 percent is spent learning to program and another 7 percent on writing government should ban doctor says Washington a a nationwide rash of fourth of july fireworks injuries int unusual and wont a concerned doctor without better awareness of the dangers of and maybe even Federal limits on devices that Burn and Blind As Well As there should be Federal including a ban on general use of All but the smallest said Joe who is head of an Accident prevention commit tee of the american Academy of he said Friday that congressional action is especially Svith the present climate of letting business do things its been a National problem for quite a number of the Long paediatrician said in a Telephone heres another july fourth gone and you see the he noted in particular a news account hed just heard of a 4yearold boy who lost parts of two fingers when a firecracker exploded in his that was just one of hundreds of scattered reports across the in the worst cases 17yearold Sean Mckenzie of Lynn was lulled thursday night when he apparently lit a firecracker on train stepped Back too slowly and was hit by a authorities police in said 30year old Thomas Sinclair was killed and another Man was injured in an explosion that occurred while they were apparently packing Gunpowder from firecrackers into a Metal pipe or Many lesser injuries occurred including dozens involving Public displays that exploded by Accident or too each sending about a Hal dozen people to Hospi tals in Wake Ohio Glenview and and estimates of yearly fireworks great and Range from to twice that number and Many around july but detailed figures Are Sloane a Little is hoping to remedy that Lack in a National Survey Hes conduct ing this month on behalf of the american Academy of if the Survey works out the Academy should have a much better idea of just How Many injuries fireworks do cause and whether there is much difference Between states with and without Laws limiting or Banning sales and his group estimates about yearly fireworks with More than involving victims eyes and resulting in permanent vision
